Beehiiv offers 0% take-rate subscriptions

Beehiiv’s pitch to newsletter operators is straightforward: the platform says it takes 0% of paid subscription revenue, leaving creators to pay only Stripe’s payment-processing fees. On its pricing page, Beehiiv says users “keep everything” from paid subscriptions apart from Stripe’s standard 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction. The company pairs that pricing message with a broader bundle of publishing and growth tools, including paid subscriptions, advanced website analytics, automations and digital products. ### What exactly is Beehiiv offering creators? Beehiiv’s current pricing and product pages say the company charges no platform fee on paid newsletter subscriptions. The company presents that as a contrast with rivals that take a percentage of recurring subscription revenue. Beehiiv says the remaining transaction cost comes from Stripe, not from Beehiiv itself. The paid-subscriptions page says creators can set monthly, yearly or custom pricing, and can also offer free trials, discounts and gift subscriptions. (beehiiv.com) Beehiiv also says publishers can track revenue, subscriber growth and churn through built-in performance tools tied to paid products. ### Where does the company say those tools sit in the product lineup? Beehiiv’s homepage and pricing materials place paid subscriptions in its Scale tier, which starts at $43 a month when billed annually, and in higher plans above that level. (beehiiv.com) The same materials list ad-network access, boosts, digital products, email automations, surveys and advanced website analytics alongside the paid-subscription feature set. (beehiiv.com) The Max plan, listed at $96 a month on Beehiiv’s homepage, adds features such as removing Beehiiv branding, sponsorship storefronts, audio newsletters and support for multiple publications. Enterprise pricing is custom for larger publishers, according to the company’s plan documentation. ### Is the “0% take-rate” claim new? Beehiiv’s own archived pricing and FAQ posts show the company has been using the 0% subscription-revenue message since at least April 2024. (beehiiv.com) In a company blog post announcing pricing changes that month, founder and chief executive Tyler Denk wrote that Beehiiv was “the only platform to take 0% of subscription revenue generated by our users.” That means the May 18 discussion around Beehiiv appears to reflect renewed attention to an existing part of the company’s monetization pitch, rather than a newly introduced fee structure. (beehiiv.com) That is an inference based on Beehiiv’s current pricing pages and its 2024 pricing announcement. ### Why are creators focusing on more than fees? Beehiiv’s product pages tie the no-platform-fee pitch to a wider effort to keep newsletter publishing, monetization and audience-growth tools in one system. (beehiiv.com) The company says users can combine paid subscriptions with referral tools, ad products, website building, segmentation and analytics. The company also markets digital products with the same commission-free framing. (beehiiv.com) On that feature page, Beehiiv says users can sell guides, templates, coaching sessions and gated content with “0% commission,” again excluding payment-processing costs. ### What should a creator check before signing up? Beehiiv’s help documentation says pricing depends not just on plan type but also on active subscriber count. (beehiiv.com) That means a creator comparing costs needs to look at both the monthly plan price and how pricing changes as a list grows, in addition to Stripe fees on paid subscriptions. Beehiiv’s pricing page remains the clearest place to verify current plan names, feature access and starting prices. (beehiiv.com) As of May 19, 2026, the company lists Launch as free, Scale from $43 per month annually, Max from $96 per month annually and Enterprise as custom. (beehiiv.com 1) (beehiiv.com 2)